Great Falls News

The day after a federal judge chastised state officials for legislation that would create Christian license plates, S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster released a campaign video offering to defend any government body in the state whose Christian prayers at meetings prompt a lawsuit.

You may not remember Darla Wynne, the Wiccan who sued the town of Great Falls, S.C., over the invocation that began each town council meeting, but S.C. Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Henry McMaster does.

North Carolina lottery players should soon get to take a chance on two more multimillion-dollar jackpots a week without having to drive to Georgia or Virginia.

A Veterans Affairs clinic in South Carolina is offering two days of medical and dental screenings for the homeless and others in need.

Hester Benitez has helped two Rock Hill families who lost teens in drunken driving incidents who didn't get to see the children graduate.

A tip to the S.C. Arson Hotline helped solve a Great Falls home arson and led to a reward for the caller Thursday.

The Chester County School District will hold an open community forum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday night at the district boardroom so the board and its search consulting firm can get input on the next superintendent.

Three more arrest have been made in connection to an arson attempt at Old Number Two Mill in Great Falls, S.C. Police arrested Zachery Bailey, 18, Dmario Simpson, 19, and Eugene Simpson, 22, for conspiracy to comment arson.

Three more suspects have been connected to what police call a conspiracy to burn down the Great Falls textile mill, a plan that was stopped short in its tracks earlier this month.

Six former candidates in Cheser County elections owe the State Ethics Commission a combined $4,600 in penalties for filing forms late and are listed on a "Debtor's List," prepared by the commission.

A man found guilty of a kidnapping and assault in February of 2007 and sentenced to 25 years in prison was in the Chester County Courthouse again Monday in an attempt to get a new trial.

Duke Energy is celebrating the 100th anniversary of some of the oldest hydroelectric dams in the South.

Authorities say officers on a stakeout in an abandoned South Carolina mill caught a 26-year-old man who planned to burn down the building.

People in Great Falls will never forget the incredible mill fire in June 2006 that forced the evacuation of half the town.

The Chester County School District does not have an active recruitment program in Hemlock, Michigan, but it would be easy to think it does.

Gov. Mark Sanford's visit to Lancaster on Thursday will take him to a college he wanted to close.

A man died early Sunday morning after he ran off the side of a Chester County road and hit a tree, Highway Patrol Lance Cpl.

An 88-year-old man was reported missing in Chester County Thursday evening. George Morris Ansley of Great Falls was last seen asleep on his daughter-in-law's couch around 1:30 p.m. Thursday, according to a report from the Chester County Sheriff's Office.

Schools are back in session all over the country - and a 1983 Great Falls High graduate is in charge of one of them.

The Fort Lawn Police Department is being manned by one full-time police officer.